The Museum der Kulturen Basel and the Kunstmuseum Basel jointly explore the theme “the human making of the world”. For its part, the Museum der Kulturen Basel focuses on how humans and their environment are intertwined. Arranged into five groups, exhibits from the two museums engage in a dialogue with each other. They inspire visitors to reflect on the incredible diversity of human creativity and reveal how the creators are rooted in their environment.
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The exhibition playfully reveals practices with which people commemorate important moments in life, but quickly also forget about them again. From birth to death, significant events are passed down by word of mouth, chiselled in stone, or, as the case may be, kept secret.
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Then let’s make a set, using pictures of objects from the Museum! You’ll certainly recognize the memory cards you made yourself.
With Leah Vogler, Learning and Programmes
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We invite you to a meditation session amidst a host of Buddhas. Starting point of the contemplation is a Buddha image and the qualities it represents. Set out on a journey to inner peace in a guided meditation session.
With Zen monk Michel Ayguesparsse of Angyo Zen Dojo Basel
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Explore the museum and its history: get to hear about adventurous expeditions and meticulous collecting, discover surprising objects from all corners of the world, and learn what modern anthropology is all about.
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Vi invitiamo a scoprire il nostro museo e la sua storia : apprenderte degli avventurosi viaggi d’esplorazione ed il collezionismo meticoloso, vedrete sorprendenti oggeti da tutto il mondo es vi farte un’idea dei moderni campi di recerca dell’etnologia.
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Alla visita guidata sono ammessi al massimo 15 persone. Riceviamo volentieri le vostre registrazioni al numero 061 266 56 00 o per email info@mkb.notexisting@nodomain.comch
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We have the great pleasure of inviting you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition.
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Arranged in five groups, objects held by MKB are juxtaposed with works from the Kunstmuseum, revealing how humans shape the world they inhabit and how, in turn, they themselves are shaped by it. The guided tour explores the traces of this interrelationship.
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